Seats: Description and Operation

SEATS

Front Seats

Forty Percent Seats
The front 40 percent seats can be equipped with the following systems:
- Two-way manual seat track
- Six-way power seat tracks
- Memory driver seat
- Manual lumbar
- Power lumbar
- Manual recline
- Power recline
- Adjustable head restraints
- Seat side air bags
- Driver and passenger seat safety belt buckle and pretensioners
- Heated/cooled climate controlled seats
- With climate controlled seating, there is an air filter located in the fan motor housing under the seat. See the Owner's Literature for additional service and scheduled maintenance interval information.

Sixty Percent Seats
The 60 percent passenger seat can be equipped with:
- Front passenger seat center armrest
- Manual recliner
- Two-way manual seat track
- Seat side air bag
- Adjustable head restraint

Easy Entry/Easy Exit
The easy entry/exit feature is a function of the driver seat module (DSM) and can be enabled/disabled using a scan tool. When enabled, the feature becomes a user accessible item on the message center allowing the user to turn the feature on and off. Refer to the Owner's Literature or Instrument Panel, Gauges and Warning Indicators for information on the message center.

Climate Controlled Seats
The climate control seat system is able to heat and cool the front seats. Each climate controlled seat is operated by push-buttons on the HVAC module located on the instrument panel. Each front seat temperature is then monitored and controlled by the dual climate controlled seat module (DCSM) located on the passenger front seat track.

The front seat cushions are equipped with a plenum (duct) attached to the cushion frame suspension wires (serviced with the cushion frame). Air from the cushion thermo-electric device (TED) and blower assembly is routed through a plenum and into the manifold fitted within the cushion foam pad (serviced with the cushion foam pad). The front seat backrest TED and blower assembly operates similarly by routing air directly through the backrest manifold (serviced with the backrest foam pad).

The climate controlled seat system contains the following components:
- HVAC module
- DCSM
- TED and blower assembly within each front seat cushion and backrest
- Air filter (attached to each TED and blower assembly)
- Cushion and backrest foam pads (includes manifolds)
- Cushion and backrest trim covers

Manual Lumbar
The manual front seat backrest lumbar is adjusted by a knob mounted on the side of the seat cushion side shield. The lumbar adjuster is mounted to the seat track assembly and drives a cable connected to the lumbar assembly attached to the backrest frame.

Power Lumbar
The driver seat has an electro-mechanical backrest lumbar assembly. The lumbar switch adjustment is on the side of the seat cushion side shield and is part of the seat control switch. The lumbar motor is mounted to the lumbar assembly and is serviced only with a new lumbar assembly.

Manual Recliner
The manual recliner can be adjusted by a handle mounted on the outboard side of the cushion side shield. Manual recliners are only serviceable by installing a new backrest frame assembly.

Power Recliner
The driver seat has an electro-mechanical backrest adjuster. The backrest adjustment switch is located on the side of the seat cushion side shield and is part of the seat control switch. The recliner motor is mounted to the backrest frame. Power recliners and motors are only serviceable by installing a new backrest frame assembly.

Seats - Second Row
The second row can have 40/20/40 or 40/center console/40 seats.

Forty Percent E-Z Entry Seats
The 40 percent E-Z entry seats are equipped with:
- fold-flat backrests.
- tip-forward seat base mechanisms for easy entry to third row seating.
- kneeling seat base mechanisms for added level cargo area.
- adjustable folding head restraints.
- manual recliners.

The 40 percent E-Z entry seat is serviced as an assembly. Only the trim coverings and head restraint can be serviced.

Twenty Percent Seat
The second row 20 percent center seat is equipped with:
- a fold-flat backrest.
- a 2-way manual seat track.
- an adjustable head restraint.
- a 3-point center safety belt.

Seats - Third Row

NOTE: The smart junction box (SJB) may also be identified as the generic electronic module (GEM).

The third row seat:
- is 3-passenger seat.
- is a 60/40 split bench seat.
- folds down for more cargo area.
- has optional power fold-down seats.
- has a 3-point center safety belt integral to the 60 percent seat.

Third Row Power-Fold Seat
The third row power-fold seats are activated by the rear power-fold seat switches. The power-fold seats only operate with the vehicle in PARK, and the liftgate glass, liftgate door or any entry door is open, allowing the smart junction box (SJB) to enable power to the third row power-fold seat system.

The third row power-fold seat consists of the following components:
- SJB
- RH and LH third row power-fold seat relays
- RH and LH power-fold seat motors
- RH and LH rear third row seat switches
- RH and LH drive gear assemblies

The third row power-fold seat motors control drive gear assemblies to raise and lower the seat backrests. The power-fold motors are serviceable separately.